Detachable sleigh-runner.



J. F. LOUGHR AN.

DETACHABLE SLEIGH RUNNER.

APPLICATION FILED 1mm. 1911. RENEWED MAY 31. I918.

- 1,272,341 Patented July 9, 1918.

A TTORNE Y UNITED STATES PATEN OFFICE.

DETACHABLE SLEIGH-RUNNER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 9, 1918.

Application filed'J'anuary 10, 1917, Serial No. 141,702. Renewed May 31,1918. Serial No. 237,676.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN F. LOUGI-IRAN, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Chehalis, in the county of Lewis and State ofWashington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inDetachable Sleigh-Runners, of which the following is a full, true, andexact specification.

My invention relates to detachable sleigh runners for wheeled vehiclesand has for its principal object: to provide an improved and novel typeof detachable sleigh runner which may be quickly and easily clamped tothe wheels of a buggy or the like in order to convert the said buggyinto a sleigh.

Other objects will appear as my invention is more fully explained in thefollowing specification, illustrated in the accompanying drawings andpointed out in the appended claim:

In the drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation of a buggy with my deviceshown in. place. Fig. 2 is a plan elevation of my device shown removedfrom the buggy and without the clamp means. Fig. 3 is a plan view of theclamp means.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, numeral 1 indicates a buggybody which is mounted upon front wheels 2, and rear wheels 3 in theusual manner. My detachable sleigh runner includes a channeled member 4,which is provided with a curved portion 5 in front which fits theperiphery of the front wheel 2. Back of the curved Portion 5, thechanneled member 4 extends straight back beyond the rear wheel 3. Acurved member 6 of channeled section is pivoted as at 7 to member 4, andfits the outer periphery of wheel 3. The free curved ends of members 5and 6 are provided with holes through which bolts may be placed in orderto secure the clamp means. The clamp means consist of forked yokes 8which straddle the front and rear wheels 2 and 3 and are secured attheir forked ends to the 'curved ends of members 5 and 6. The inner endsof forks 8 are connected by means of a turn buckle 9 in order that theforks may be drawn tight after the runners are in place beneath thewheels 2 and 3.

The convenience and necessity of converting a buggy into a sleigh iswell known and applicant believes that he has discovered acheap andefiicient way of so converting a buggy. 1

While I have shown a particular form of embodiment of my invention, I amaware that many minor changes therein will readily suggest to othersskilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of theinvention, and I therefore desire to avoid being limited to the exactform shown and described.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to protectby Letters Patent, is:

In a device of the class described the combination of a continuouslychanneled runner member having an upturned forward end which is curvedto fit a front wheel, a continuously channeled and curved member pivotedwithin the first mentioned channeled member and adapted to fit theperiphery of a rear wheel, clamping forks secured to the upper curvedends of each of the said channeled members and straddling the saidwheels, and a turnbuckle clamp intermediate the said forks.

JOHN F. LOUGHRAN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Wanhington, D. 0."

